NW Kendo

Good luck in World Kendo Championship in Italy next week Jonathan!
Great job representing NW Kendo Club (NWKC), Pacific Northwest Kendo Federation (PNKF), All US Kendo Federation (AUSKF), and of course the entire kendo community throughout the USA!
We are super proud of you.

Announcement: Tonight's practice is canceled due to scheduling issues.

First Thursday practice.

3 of our NW junior members joined other PNKF Juniors to compete in AUSKF Jr National Open in Huntington Beach, CA this weekend.

Shin Nakayama (Camas) won Kantoushou in individual 9 and under division.
Nathan Kim (NW) won 3rd in individual 10-11 yo division.
Saiichi Johnson (Seattle) won 3rd in individual 12-13 yo division.
In team competition, Takumi Tanimura (Edmonds), Hiro Johnson (Seattle), and Nathan Kim (NW) placed 2nd in Youth division.

We had few Jrs making their first trip to a national competition, and everyone performed great! More than winning or losing, what's important is doing your best and learning something new to improve upon, and making new friends! We are all proud of you!

See you all at the next PNKF Jr practice!

3 of our juniors participated in Bellevue Jr Taikai.

Nathan Kim placed 2nd place in 11-12 division.
Clara Kim placed 1st in girl's division.
Northwest Jr Team (Shin Nakayama, Nathan Kim, Clara Kim, Ryu Yokoo, and Lucas Chen) placed 1st.

Congratulations everyone, we are very proud of you all!

NW Kendo spring BBQ! Great weather, great food, and great friends! Thank you Stephen for hosting!

Our member Jonathan Yu is currently representing USA Jr National Team in Japan going against some of their best Jr Kendo practitioners.

In first two rounds, Jonathan (senpo) won against 10 players, singlehandedly beating the two teams by himself! (The team format is such that the winner stays and fights next opponent until he loses.)

On to the 3rd round~ Good luck Jonathan and Team USA!

Catch Jonathan in action starting 2:20:50 mark then 4:44:50 mark.
https://www.youtube.com/live/Y0SEkWBuW24?si=pKgH8XMq-R-gaz4W

Two of our members participated in the 44th Highline Challenge Cup Kendo Tournament, a taikai open to adult kyu kenshi's.
Charles Dolera placed 4th overall.
Congratulations Charles and Michael for doing awesome job!

Monday night practice.
Come join us from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at North Seattle Church.

Congratulations to everyone who competed at the Steveston Taikai!
You win some, you lose some. What's important is you did your best and learned something new!
Thank you Renbu Dojo for hosting a Jr Practice the morning after!

1st and 3rd Saturdays each month is PNKF Jr practice in Seattle. All PNKF Jrs in bogu are encouraged to join!

NW Kendo practice is cancelled today (Fri 1/12) due to the weather. Be safe everyone.

Inclement weather in Seattle: Please note that there's a possibility that the gym will close tomorrow (Friday 1/12) due to the weather. If you are not a NW Kendo member, please call before you head out to find out whether we will hold our practice.

Happy New Year! Just a reminder that we don't have practice tomorrow (Fri 1/5/24) as the school gym is not open.

Happy Holidays!
There are no practices on Friday 12/29/23 and Friday 1/5/24. Other than these dates, we are on regular practice schedule.

Announcement: No practice this Friday, as facility is close for observation of Veterans Day.

Many of our club members participated in the 47th PNKF Taikai today.
Jonathan Yu won 1st in 1-2 Dan division,
Nina Underhill won 3rd in Women's Kyu division, and
Nathan Kim won 2nd in 11-12 year old division.
Super proud of all of you!

Works of a junior member at her school's CAD class~!

For additional photos taken at the NW Jr Taikai, here's link to Google Photos.

NW Taikai 23 117 new items added to shared album

Thank you to Kendo Photography for taking some amazing pictures~!

We had our Inaugural Northwest Junior Taikai today.
With help from the entire PNKF community, we are proud to say that the event went better than we had hoped!
Thank you to all the shinpans and volunteers, moms and dads, and of course our awesome juniors who showed true spirits of kendo. There were plenty of angst and some tears, but lot more of hugs, smiles, and laughter~!
Congratulations to the entire PNKF Juniors, especially to our "Future Kendo Spirit Award" winners.

Mark your calendars: Inaugural NW Jr Taikai!
Sunday September 17th at noon, Seattle Church
All PNKF members 18 and under are encouraged to participate!

Consider supporting U.S. National Kendo Team as it goes for gold in 19th World Kendo Championship next year in Milan Italy~!
Our own Jonathan Yu is a member of the U.S. team that will compete against best of the best~

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Congratulations to the PNKF Jrs who participated in the AUSKF Nationals as well~!
Our Jonathan Yu placed Kantosho in individual competition, and was part of the Jr team that placed 3rd.
Super proud of you~!